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Raphaelae
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July 31, 2008
Question

is Closed Captions with NO audio possible?

  • July 31, 2008
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(Context: Working a site tour/demo of new online product.)

Can't seem to find a way to use the CC feature, without having the AUDIO involved (yet). Have the script in slide notes. I know what CC's are supposed to be for. I know that I could use Text Captions.

However, I'd really like to be able to (if necc.) use the CC as (visual) narration if the AUDIO winds up getting delayed, and I really really DON'T want to have to copy/paste the Slide Notes from every single slide into a text caption for every single slide.

If you (really) can't use CC like this, is there a quicker way to turn a slide's Slide Notes into into Text Captions?

And I'm fairly new at this (2 weeks & counting using Kevin S' Essential Cap.3) and really under the gun to get this together before my vacation.

Thanks for ANY help.
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    1000Watt
    Participant
    August 1, 2008
    I too am looking for a way to have the text display option for some of our users without audio. If using the closed caption option is the only way, can the CC button name can be changed to something else like a "T"?
    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    July 31, 2008
    Hi there Raphaelae

    No, Closed Captioning depends on having an audio clip present. But nobody says the audio clip itself has to actually contain audio, eh?

    If you want, you may insert a clip that has no sound. Just time it for the duration of your slide and add the Closed Captioning.

    Cheers... Rick
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    RaphaelaeAuthor
    Participant
    August 1, 2008
    Well I did indeed try that brief, trying to add audio and "insert silence" but the CC wouldn't come up.

    New/Semi-related question now though....

    I went ahead and put the script in throughout the SLIDE NOTES, and then did an audio record myself.

    I thought, if you did that, there was a simple way to tell Captivate to "take the slide notes" and turn them into the CC. But the Cp HELP file says that you have to enter CC text in slide by slide (and row by row). Is that true?
    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    August 1, 2008
    Hello again

    Yes, the CC must be entered manually. Sorry, but presently that's the way it works.

    If you would like to suggest to the development team a way you would like to see it work differently, follow the link below.

    Click here to view the WishForm/Bug Reporting Form

    Cheers... Rick
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